Nick Barta
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These are pictures of the plastic hexagon container for larger mantids. The plastic is thick enough to drill the 1-1/4 inch hole for the feeding/watering hole, and for some reason it dosen't show waterspots like the 32 ounce containers do- I hate cleaning all the time!
The 4-1/2 inch insect lids work on these containers, but since the lip is thicker, they don't seat as well as the 32 ounce cups do. Fruit flies may be able to get out (I have not had FF's in them), so you might have to poke holes in the soft plastic lid that comes with the container for fruit flies, but houseflies don't escape.
As you can see, you can stack these in a pyramid style if room is tight. A side note, the mantids only spend about 1/2 the time they used to spend hanging from the lid in the 32 ounce containers in their expanded home; they are found on every surface, especially the feeding hole stopper! The total cost for this enclosure and furnishings was about $5.00, with the plant @ 88 cents at Home Depot-miniture 2" tropicals, moss, a 35 cent foam plug from edsflymeat.com, and "sticks" from the dried plant section at Michaels (a craft store). The black grass is a good contrast to the nobby white decorative twigs.
I appreciate all the information that Deshawn, Rick, and Yen have given me, and hope to reflect the same helpfulness to the others on the forum.
The 4-1/2 inch insect lids work on these containers, but since the lip is thicker, they don't seat as well as the 32 ounce cups do. Fruit flies may be able to get out (I have not had FF's in them), so you might have to poke holes in the soft plastic lid that comes with the container for fruit flies, but houseflies don't escape.
As you can see, you can stack these in a pyramid style if room is tight. A side note, the mantids only spend about 1/2 the time they used to spend hanging from the lid in the 32 ounce containers in their expanded home; they are found on every surface, especially the feeding hole stopper! The total cost for this enclosure and furnishings was about $5.00, with the plant @ 88 cents at Home Depot-miniture 2" tropicals, moss, a 35 cent foam plug from edsflymeat.com, and "sticks" from the dried plant section at Michaels (a craft store). The black grass is a good contrast to the nobby white decorative twigs.
I appreciate all the information that Deshawn, Rick, and Yen have given me, and hope to reflect the same helpfulness to the others on the forum.
I just purchased 10 of these the other day and am still waiting for them to ship. Glad you shared what they look like in action. Thanks!
